Peter Westley

Peter enjoying the sudden snowfall!

Our future UCONN star!

Peter shooting hoops on the coldest day of the year!

At the end of spring a friend of mine gave us the basketball hoop that their children had outgrown. I'm not sure where we would be without hand me downs - basketball hoop from friends, playscape from my parents neighbors, clothes from everyone - talk about recycling!

Back to the basketball hoop - so my son is loving this basketball hoop. He is out there in rain, snow and sleet with fingers that can't open because they are so cold. On the coldest day of the year a few weeks ago he was out in the yard playing basketball for over an hour. Peter gets my dad and Bob out there any chance he can. He lives and breathes to play basketball and I love it - he falls into bed tired and happy thanks to that basketball hoop.

The only thing Peter loves more than the b-ball hoop is the snow. He gets more excited than any kid I have ever seen when he realizes there is snow on the way, snow on the ground or snow falling from the sky. It is so sweet to see him mesmerized by the falling snow and chomping at the bit to get outside and play. He even gets Molly out there for a frollick - although she defintely has her temperature limits. So even though I would be happy to NEVER see snow again (I guess CT is a really stupid place to live!) I do feel a great joy in my heart when I watch Peter and the utter and complete happiness that he feels when he is outdoors. It seems so freeing for Peter - probably the one time that we get to see him completely uninhibited and with his guard down!He is such a special little boy!